An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log on each day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology used in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, understanding of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a point, or the initial roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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